Time to bring this blog back. As usual I will start by complaining. These are the movies that over time I've actually grown to appreciate less. I don't think that these movies are bad, just that they were alright and nothing else.
Gone Girl
I really don't understand why people are saying this movie is Oscar-worthy. To me, this is the kind of movie you watch for 2.5 hours, have a good time and that's it. The story for me feels like something really trashy, which isn't a bad thing I just don't think it's one of the greatest things to have ever graced a cinema screen.
Also, to the people who keep saying this is a "well made" movie, or that it's "technically perfect", what does that even mean? Well made how? Technically perfect in what way? Does it elevate the story to something greater than what can be read from the script?
I don't think that this movie is particularly important or groundbreaking and the "cool girl" speech is way too overhyped. There was a great ending for the movie before the last fifteen minutes, but then the extra fifteen minutes happened and it just fell flat.
Inception
A lot of people said that they were "mind-fucked" by watching this movie but at the risk of sounding like an asshole, I didn't think this movie was that incredibly hard to follow nor did it make me think a lot. To be honest, that's a testament to how well Christopher Nolan structures the plot because you aren't confused. This is really a good movie, with really interesting visuals.
At the same time I never really cared about Leonardo DiCaprio or his crew because I never knew who they were. You can tell that the story is more interested in telling us how things happen rather than getting us to care about characters. For example, the scene when they are planning the heist, the Japanese guy says instead of booking tickets for a plane he just bought the airline. Sure that's a cool one liner and everything but do we really give a shit about the logistics of airplane travel? Get to the dream stuff already.
And then the parts when they explain how the dream world works just ruins all the surprises that were going to be in the actual heist. Like when they introduce the penrose steps and then show it again. Surprise ruined. I'm pretty sure the audience could've gone without the prior explanation. The most effective sequence was the corridor spinning one because you didn't know that was actually possible and it surprised you.
Christopher Nolan is one of my favourite director's and I'm still pretty psyched for "Interstellar" but I really think he peaked after "The Dark Knight". Which brings me to the next movie....
The Dark Knight Rises
My least favourite Christopher Nolan movie, and I would probably class this as actually bad. There were parts of it that were good such as all the parts with Bane (except for the very end reveal) and it was interesting to see Batman get defeated (even though the healing process was bullshit).
Everyone knows that Batman movies are sort of fantasy and so you should watch them with a suspension of disbelief so I didn't mind too much about the many plot holes. I did however, have a problem with the writing of the script. During the fight scene where Batman and Catwoman fight alongside each other Batman says "No killing, no guns". What the fuck. In Batman Begins there was a great scene where Bruce Wayne throws the gun into the ocean, and then in the Dark Knight Joker references the "one rule" without actually ever saying it and now you throw this shit at me?
Also, I think Nolan went too ambitious with this movie, particularly with the ending where months go by. That seriously could've been another movie but instead it gets squashed into 30 minutes.
